The Wonder~ Girls~ are back!

I'm not jesting, there is a new sensational korean girl band named Wonder Girls (Wonder~ Girls~, this is how you pronounce, wavily). They are taking the entire nation (Korea lah, u think SG meh) by storm with their ultra catchy, super cute song titled "Tell me". It is an epidemic back in Korea, almost everybody knows how to dance the Tell Me dance. Watch it before you shrug your shoulders and think to urself..yet another girl band. What is awesome about Wonder Girls is that the youngest members in the group are only 15 years old while the oldest members is only 19 years old.

Managed by JYP entertainments ( here's the man himself-he looks like a gorilla to me and is a weird but fantastic singer-dancer-producer all in one), the girls were selected after a series of auditions. After one fatal car accident that involved their van (all the girls, manager and stylist) and a taxi (taxi driver died, 9 people were injuried, all of them were hopsitalised), one member being replaced as she wanted out of the group due to health concerns, the Wonder Girls are still pimping the music scene since their debut in this year's February. With JYP, you can always expect creative marketing strategy to sell the girls, erhm and their music successfully. As the girls are still underaged, it would be a problem if JYP tried to dress them up as hookers, while they pole dance, Korea will be in a rage. So what did JYP do? He gave them the 80s retro look (which looks good on the lead singer) and taught them how to dance sexily in short skirts/pants. Their sound is infused with tonnes of catchy eurobeat rhythm, which I must say, is actually pretty pleasant to the ears and their MV is CUTE. REALLY.

The Wonder Girls are touted to be JYP's (Jin Yoong Park) favourite, after Rain decided to leave JYP to form his own Rainy Entertainments and tried to make it big on his own in USA, which he failed miserably. They are so popular that a recent internet auction for a single dinner date with the Wonder Girls revealed that the top 5 bidders were willing to spend approximately $3500 - $ 5500 (USD). I bet only horny, desperate, perverted uncles are willing/able to spend/fork that amount of money to satiate their lolita tendencies and try to get intimate with the young under-aged girls (I guess when gorilla JYP is not around).

Enjoy the MV and compliation video, it's really infectious.